Committee to Protect Journalists - Republic of Congotag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://12014-09-30T18:02:29ZMovable Type Pro 6.1.1Republic of Congo expels another journalist from the countrytag:cpj.org,2014://1.238442014-09-30T17:41:26Z2014-09-30T18:02:29Z Abuja, Nigeria, September 30, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Congolese authorities' decision to expel a Cameroonian journalist from the country. Elie Smith, who was attacked in his home in September, is the second journalist whom authorities have expelled from the Republic of Congo in a week....Committee to Protect Journalists

Abuja, Nigeria, September 30, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Congolese authorities' decision to expel a Cameroonian journalist from the country. Elie Smith, who was attacked in his home in September, is the second journalist whom authorities have expelled from the Republic of Congo in a week.

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Congo expels critical female journalisttag:cpj.org,2014://1.238252014-09-25T19:28:05Z2014-09-25T19:31:56ZAbuja, Nigeria, September 25, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Congolese authorities' decision to expel a freelance journalist from the country and calls on them to allow her to enter the country and report freely. Before her expulsion, Sadio Kante reported receiving threats in connection with a series of stories...Committee to Protect Journalists
Abuja, Nigeria, September 25, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Congolese authorities' decision to expel a freelance journalist from the country and calls on them to allow her to enter the country and report freely. Before her expulsion, Sadio Kante reported receiving threats in connection with a series of stories she published on the attack of another journalist.]]>
Armed men attack journalist in Brazzaville, Congotag:cpj.org,2014://1.237882014-09-12T21:35:15Z2014-09-12T22:16:33ZAbuja, Nigeria, September 12, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Congo to apprehend the perpetrators of an attack on Wednesday against a journalist in his home in Brazzaville. Elie Smith was threatened and held at gunpoint by unidentified men who he said also attacked his sister,...Committee to Protect Journalists
Abuja, Nigeria, September 12, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Congo to apprehend the perpetrators of an attack on Wednesday against a journalist in his home in Brazzaville. Elie Smith was threatened and held at gunpoint by unidentified men who he said also attacked his sister, according to news reports.]]>
Blog: First US-Africa summit short on press freedom, other human rightstag:cpj.org,2014:/blog//8.236232014-07-31T21:30:54Z2014-07-31T21:53:50Z Top African and U.S. leaders are meeting next week in Washington in a first-of-its-kind summit focused on African development. But critics argue the summit is flawed in design, overlooking human rights such as freedom of expression and barring civil society actors from bilateral discussions....Rachael Levy/CPJ Google Fellow

Top African and U.S. leaders are meeting next week in Washington in a first-of-its-kind summit focused on African development. But critics argue the summit is flawed in design, overlooking human rights such as freedom of expression and barring civil society actors from bilateral discussions.

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Republic of Congo regulators suspend three newspaperstag:cpj.org,2013://1.224472013-12-03T21:08:31Z2013-12-03T21:14:54ZOn November 13, 2013, the state-run media regulatory board High Council on Freedom of Communication (CSLC), suspended three private weeklies from circulation for nine months in connection with articles they published that were critical of the authorities, according to news reports. The 11 members of the council are hand-picked by...Committee to Protect Journalists
On November 13, 2013, the state-run media
regulatory board High Council on Freedom of Communication (CSLC), suspended three
private weeklies from circulation for nine months in connection with articles
they published that were critical of the authorities, according to news reports. The 11
members of the council are hand-picked by the president and have the authority
to suspend news outlets, according to CPJ research. ]]>
Four newspapers suspended in Republic of Congotag:cpj.org,2013://1.218712013-06-07T15:07:06Z2013-06-07T15:50:29ZNew York, June 7, 2013--Authorities in the Republic of Congo should lift the suspensions against four weekly newspapers in connection with their articles critical of government officials, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The suspensions were handed down by an official board whose 11 members are all hand-picked by...Committee to Protect Journalists
New
York, June 7, 2013--Authorities in the Republic of Congo should lift the
suspensions against four weekly newspapers in connection with their articles
critical of government officials, the Committee to Protect Journalists said
today. The suspensions were handed down by an official board whose 11 members
are all hand-picked by the president. ]]>
In Zambia, musician accused in attack on photographertag:cpj.org,2012://1.208582012-12-31T18:17:58Z2012-12-31T20:01:34Z Nairobi, December 31, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Zambia to thoroughly investigate accusations that a well-known rhumba musician attacked a freelance photographer on Friday at a concert in Lusaka, the capital....Committee to Protect Journalists

Nairobi, December 31, 2012--The Committee to
Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Zambia to thoroughly investigate accusations
that a well-known rhumba musician attacked a freelance photographer on Friday
at a concert in Lusaka, the capital.

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Journalist attacked, another briefly detained in Congotag:cpj.org,2012://1.207302012-12-03T17:50:57Z2012-12-03T17:55:58ZSecurity agents assaulted Sylvie Ndinga, video journalist for the private broadcaster MNTV, and detained Yvon Le Pape, a reporter for the same station, in Brazzaville, the capital, on September 17, 2012, according to local journalists and news reports....Committee to Protect Journalists
Security agents assaulted Sylvie
Ndinga, video journalist for the private broadcaster MNTV, and detained Yvon Le
Pape, a reporter for the same station, in Brazzaville, the capital, on
September 17, 2012, according to local journalists and news reports. ]]>
Two Brazzaville weeklies suspended; CPJ seeks reversaltag:cpj.org,2011://1.182532011-12-20T22:09:33Z2011-12-20T22:12:50ZCommittee to Protect Journalists
New
York, December 20, 2011--Authorities in the Republic of Congo should immediately
lift the months-long suspensions imposed last week against two private weeklies
in reprisal for articles critical of government officials, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today. ]]>
Blog: Obama tells Africa forum 'no reason' for press restrictiontag:cpj.org,2010:/blog//8.150642010-08-06T20:22:17Z2011-01-12T20:27:54ZMohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator

One out of 10 delegates participating this week in U.S. President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Forum was a journalist. The forum, a U.S. initiative meant to spark discussions on the future of Africa in a year when 17 countries on the continent are celebrating 50 years of nationhood, did not overlook freedom of the press, as I witnessed in its final event on Thursday at Washington's museum of news, the Newseum.

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CPJ, African groups call for press freedom commitmenttag:cpj.org,2010://1.148862010-07-08T15:20:47Z2010-07-13T19:03:59ZYour Excellencies: As you gather in Paris for festivities that celebrate your nations’ 50 years of independence, we, the undersigned African press freedom advocates petition for your public commitment to a free, vibrant, and self-sustaining press as a cornerstone of the development of francophone Africa in the next five decades.Committee to Protect JournalistsAttacks on the Press 2009: Africa Developmentstag:cpj.org,2010://1.139102010-02-16T05:02:50Z2010-02-15T19:06:31ZCommittee to Protect Journalistshttp://cpj.org/Media harassed in Brazzaville after disputed election tag:cpj.org,2009://1.130172009-07-17T19:17:35Z2009-07-17T19:53:32ZNew York, July 17, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the harassment of international journalists covering this week's disputed presidential elections in Republic of Congo.On Wednesday, police smashed the camera of videographer Marlène Rabaud of France 24 while she was filming the dispersal of an opposition demonstration in...Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, July 17, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the harassment of international journalists covering this week's disputed presidential elections in Republic of Congo.

On
Wednesday, police smashed the camera of videographer Marlène Rabaud of France
24 while she was filming the dispersal of an opposition demonstration
in the capital, Brazzaville,
according to local journalists and news reports. France 24 colleague Arnaud Zajtman,
who was also on the scene, told CPJ that officers shoved them and confiscated
their footage.

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Four months on, death unsolved in Republic of Congotag:cpj.org,2009://1.114512009-07-02T14:41:14Z2009-07-02T14:42:44ZNew York, July 2, 2009--Nearly four months after the death of Franco-Congolese journalist Bruno Jacquet Ossébi, the Committee to Protect Journalists called today for authorities in the Republic of Congo to publicly disclose a report that was prepared weeks ago on their investigation....Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, July 2, 2009--Nearly four months after the death of
Franco-Congolese journalist Bruno
Jacquet Ossébi, the Committee to Protect Journalists called today for authorities
in the Republic of Congo to publicly disclose a report that was prepared weeks
ago on their investigation. ]]>
Blog: In Republic of Congo, another mysterious firetag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.112592009-05-14T18:08:54Z2009-05-15T16:45:23ZA mysterious fire in Republic of Congo this week destroyed property belonging to President Denis Sassou Nguesso. The origin of the fire was not officially determined, recalling a similar murky blaze in January, which led to the death of journalist Bruno Ossébi....Mohamed Hassim Keita/Africa Research Associate
A mysterious fire in Republic of Congo
this week destroyed property belonging to President Denis Sassou
Nguesso. The origin of the fire was not officially determined, recalling a
similar murky blaze in January, which led to the death of journalist Bruno
Ossébi.]]>
Blog: Ossébi's byline missing as sensitive case moves forwardtag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.112262009-05-07T14:06:51Z2009-05-07T16:36:03ZA French judge on Tuesday authorized an anti-corruption group to pursue a complaint that questions how the leaders of three oil-rich, central African nations amassed their personal assets. One byline was absent in news media coverage: Bruno Ossébi, an online Congolese columnist and one of the few local journalists who...Mohamed Hassim Keita/Africa Research Associate
A French judge on
Tuesday authorized an
anti-corruption group to pursue a complaint that questions how the leaders of three
oil-rich, central African nations amassed their personal assets. One byline was
absent in news media coverage: Bruno Ossébi, an online Congolese columnist and one
of the few local journalists who had covered the sensitive issue. Ossébi died
in February in a mysterious fire that destroyed his home and killed three
others.

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Blog: Congolese government reacts to CPJ reporttag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.111832009-04-27T21:47:12Z2009-04-27T21:58:02ZMohamed Hassim Keita/Africa Research AssociateRepublic of Congo Special Report: From a Fatal Fire, Many Questions tag:cpj.org,2009:/reports//15.111442009-04-23T04:01:10Z2009-04-24T15:29:54ZBruno Jacquet Ossébi, a Franco-Congolese journalist known for outspoken coverage of government corruption in the Republic of Congo, dies after a mysterious fire burns down his house. By Mohamed Keita with reporting by Sarah Turbeaux...Committee to Protect Journalists
Bruno JacquetOssébi, a Franco-Congolese journalist known for outspoken coverage of government corruption in the Republic of Congo, dies after a mysterious fire burns down his house. By Mohamed Keita with reporting by Sarah Turbeaux]]>
Republic of Congo Audio Report: From a Fatal Fire, Many Questionstag:cpj.org,2009:/reports//15.111582009-04-23T04:01:08Z2009-04-23T18:14:29ZCommittee to Protect JournalistsRepublic of Congo TV station suspended for political footagetag:cpj.org,2009://1.111192009-04-10T16:13:20Z2009-04-23T20:40:11ZNew York, April 10, 2009--Authorities in Republic of Congo should immediately lift their ban on private TV station Canal Bénédiction Plus (CB Plus), the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The ban was enacted in February in response to political coverage in the lead-up to presidential elections in July....Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, April
10, 2009--Authorities in Republic
of Congo should
immediately lift their ban on private TV station Canal Bénédiction Plus (CB
Plus), the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The ban was enacted in February in response to political coverage
in the lead-up topresidential elections in July. ]]>